We are new guest houses in Kyoto, Japan. We have cozy Japanese-style rooms with tatami and futons, so you can experience sophisticated atmosphere in this Japanese historical capital of Kyoto if you visit us!
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Tanabata Matsuri!!

Hi, there!

How's everything going?

We had a small event yesterday.

Tanabata Matsuri.

Have you ever heard of it?

Tanabata (七夕, tanabata?, meaning "Evening of the seventh") is a Japanese star festival, derived from the Chinese star festival, Qi Xi (七夕 "The Night of Sevens")．It celebrates the meeting of Orihime (Vega) and Hikoboshi (Altair). The Milky Way, a river made from stars that crosses the sky, separates these lovers, and they are allowed to meet only once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month of the lunisolar calendar. Since the stars come out at night, the celebration is held at night.

And we decorate the bamboo tree with our wish messages.(It's kinda summer version of christmas tree)